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Pack a helmet for Best Western Plus Old Town Krakow

Best Western Plus Old Town Krakow, Poland is a great location for easy access to Krakow Old Town shops, bars and restaurants, Wawel Castle, the riverfront and Kazimierz, the city’s other main entertainment district and historic Jewish area for centuries

New Marriott Rewards category 4 hotels to book before August increase

This is the third in a series of posts listing Starwood and Marriott brand hotels increasing in points cost in the new Marriott Rewards program launching August 2018 for 6,800+ hotels worldwide. This article covers Marriott Rewards new Category 4

New Marriott/SPG Category 3 hotels to book before August changes

Marriott Rewards hotel category changes in August 2018 when all 6,864 Marriott, Ritz-Carlton and Starwood Hotels are placed on the same hotel category reward means there are many hotels increasing in reward cost from their current category placement in Marriott

Aug 2018 Marriott Rewards finding value in Category 1-3 hotel rewards

The merger of Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest will move to its next step in August 2018 when 6,864 hotels worldwide are classified on the same unified hotel reward system of Category 1 to Category 7 hotels.

Sopot, Poland Baltic Sea beach resort town

Sopot, Poland in summer is the country’s major beach resort in the Pomeranian region of northern Poland on the Baltic Sea. Kelley loved Sopot beach town life. I think it reminded her of our own local California upscale small town

Cost of travel Copenhagen and Rome vs. Lithuania and Poland

My general rule of thumb is daily travel expenses in eastern European countries like Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria will be about $20 to $30 per person, excluding lodging. Places like Rome, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Barcelona

Best Western better rooms on standard rewards

Best Western Rewards, Choice Privileges and Wyndham Rewards have a competitive advantage to other major hotel loyalty programs like Hilton Honors, IHG Rewards Club and Marriott Rewards in that these programs all offer upgraded hotel rooms for points at standard

Best Western Rewards devaluation, change from seasonal rates to standard reward rates

Best Western Rewards reward nights using 8,000 to 36,000 points per reward night used to be a variable points redemption rate for any specific hotel based on the month in the year. Reward rates were easy to check for any

Dec 2017 London, Prague, Copenhagen

December 24-Jan 5, 2018 San Jose SJC – London LHR/London Southend SEN – Prague PRG – Copenhagen CPH – Toronto YYZ – San Francisco SFO 13 day trip flying British Airways SJC to London LHR, FlyBe London Southend SEN to Prague, Czech Airlines to Copenhagen

Sheraton opens in Mali, 5 Protea Hotels rebrand to Autograph Collection

Africa makes Marriott and Starwood news with two recent developments. Sheraton Bamako Hotel opens in Mali at SPG category 5 reward nights. Bamako is the capital city of Mali on the Niger River and largest population center with 1.8 million